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**bsoriano** · (This post was last modified: 2021-03-21, 18:51 by bsoriano.)

Hello all,

Here is a first version of Horizon for Matrix. This version does not incorporate all of the changes in the skinning engine for Matrix yet. I wanted to provide a version that runs in Matrix, and that does not use script.extendedinfo. For this first version, I have replaced extendedinfo with script.embuary.info, which was created and is well maintained by @sualfred . My coding for this replacement is not perfect, but it works reasonably well.

If you all are OK with the replacement, I will leave it as is. I am thinking of using TMDbHelper, but the coding for that is more complex, and I am not that familiar with Horizon's code yet.

My next task will be to replace the use of script.tv.show.next.aired. Most likely I will replace it with embuary info as well.

You can get the zip file for the skin here: https://github.com/bartolomesoriano/skin...matrix.zip

The GitHub source is here: https://github.com/bartolomesoriano/skin.horizon.

Some caveats: I do not plan on maintaining Horizon for the long run. I also do not plan to implement any new features, so please do not ask. I am very glad to know of any bugs you may find with the versions I make, and will endeavor to fix them quickly.

Just a reminder, this is a work in progress, so not everything is in its final state yet, and not everything will work correctly.

@justin150 , @imarco , please let me know how this first version works for you. Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

imarco · (This post was last modified: 2021-03-22, 11:45 by imarco.)

Thanks a lot, i've just installed it and tested a couple of minutes: it seems ok.

imarco · 2021-03-23, 10:15

I've used it for several hours yesterday and it seems ok. Cool

**bsoriano** · (This post was last modified: 2021-03-26, 16:42 by bsoriano.)

Hello all,

Forum user @Angelinas is taking over the maintenance of Skin Helper Service and all of its related addons and modules. This is great news, since the functionality in Horizon that depends on those will not have to be eliminated or replaced in Matrix.

The following post describes how to get the Matrix-compatible versions of Skin Helper Service and related addons/modules: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid3025815

While I am not done with the migration of Horizon to Matrix, I thought this information was very relevant and wanted to share it.

Regards,

Bart

Romek_original · 2021-03-24, 22:38

Hello - jurialmunkey did update horizon for matrix by himself

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...6&page=177

its working great atm

https://github.com/jurialmunkey/skin.arc...ree/matrix

**bsoriano** · 2021-03-24, 23:01

(2021-03-24, 22:38)Romek_original Wrote: Hello - jurialmunkey did update horizon for matrix by himself

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...6&page=177

its working great atm

https://github.com/jurialmunkey/skin.arc...ree/matrix

@Romek_original , that is not Horizon, but a new skin by @jurialmunkey , which is called Arctic Horizon.

Regards,

Bart

justin150 · 2021-03-28, 01:11

Many thanks to bsoriano, I will be loading it on a test build and try it out. My needs are relatively simple (or at least that is what the wife says), if it works on my large screen TV build then I am happy

justin150 · 2021-03-29, 20:13

Quick update: downloaded today and it works well. So far the only problem I have found is that if you go into the extended video information and then click on an actor to try and get a list of what they have been in, it only searches your video library not TMDB generally. But if you click left go into TMDB info and then click on the same actor you get the full biography.

There is a second issue with clicking on an actor from the movie info screen - it searches both the movie and TV library (correctly) but delivers results sorted first by movie, then by TV show then by episode so if your actor is the lead in a TV show and you have that show in your library your search result produces every single episode.

Is that what was intended? It is not a big issue but seems a little odd to me - would be nice if clicking on actor gave options for library only search or all of TMDB and gave you the option of not searching by episode

**bsoriano** · (This post was last modified: 2021-03-29, 21:01 by bsoriano.)

(2021-03-29, 20:13)justin150 Wrote: Quick update: downloaded today and it works well. So far the only problem I have found is that if you go into the extended video information and then click on an actor to try and get a list of what they have been in, it only searches your video library not TMDB generally. But if you click left go into TMDB info and then click on the same actor you get the full biography.

There is a second issue with clicking on an actor from the movie info screen - it searches both the movie and TV library (correctly) but delivers results sorted first by movie, then by TV show then by episode so if your actor is the lead in a TV show and you have that show in your library your search result produces every single episode.

Is that what was intended? It is not a big issue but seems a little odd to me - would be nice if clicking on actor gave options for library only search or all of TMDB and gave you the option of not searching by episode

@justin150 , as far as I know, I just replicated the functionality the skin had before with extendedinfo. Was it different before? If so, how?

If you press down from a cast member, you will get the full biography. As I understand it, that is what the skin did before with extendeinfo.

As for the sorting of local results, that is done by Kodi, and the skin does not have control of that.

Having the option to search either locally or online can certainly be done, but that is a lot more coding.

Regards,

Bart

TheMechanist · 2021-05-12, 21:01

Thanks a lot! I love this skin, will test & report!

imarco · 2021-05-13, 10:11

All is good. Cool

TurkVU · 2021-05-30, 20:34

Just upgraded to Matrix and added this - all looks good, except for some reason I'm getting random movie stills instead of box covers on the Movies Home page under Recently Added and Random. When I click into the movies menu the box covers are there. I can't seem to find any setting for changing the art work on the Movies Home page.

This is far and away my favorite skin - thanks for all your work!

**bsoriano** · 2021-05-30, 21:44

(2021-05-30, 20:34)TurkVU Wrote: Just upgraded to Matrix and added this - all looks good, except for some reason I'm getting random movie stills instead of box covers on the Movies Home page under Recently Added and Random. When I click into the movies menu the box covers are there. I can't seem to find any setting for changing the art work on the Movies Home page.

This is far and away my favorite skin - thanks for all your work!

@TurkVU, could you please provide screenshots of the issue? Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

imarco · 2021-05-31, 10:33

I think he talks about this.

TurkVU · 2021-06-01, 04:40

(2021-05-30, 21:44)bsoriano Wrote:
(2021-05-30, 20:34)TurkVU Wrote: Just upgraded to Matrix and added this - all looks good, except for some reason I'm getting random movie stills instead of box covers on the Movies Home page under Recently Added and Random. When I click into the movies menu the box covers are there. I can't seem to find any setting for changing the art work on the Movies Home page.

This is far and away my favorite skin - thanks for all your work!

@TurkVU, could you please provide screenshots of the issue? Thanks.

Regards,

Bart

Yep - image here: https://ibb.co/CBpB3hX

You see there's just still frames from the movies where there usually is box cover art.